Samsung to 'challenge Facebook' with social network

Samsung is reportedly planning to challenge Facebook with the launch of a new social network.

The Korean Times' sources (via The Verge) claim that the service will be accessible via the company's smart TVs and cameras, as well as tablets and smartphones.

Codenamed Samsung Facebook, the network will allegedly tie in with the firm's existing social app Family Story and sync with Amazon's cloud services.

An inside source told the newspaper: "By the end of the year, we will have a polished and finished version of Family Story that will be offered first to Samsung device users for free. The new service will become available in the first quarter of next year at the earliest.

"The eventual goal is to expand our social media service across different devices from different companies across different mobile platforms. That includes cameras, televisions and blu-ray players."

He added: "We are confident that the service will be popular globally. That means we need to guard against the possibilities of a data bottleneck. That's why we want a server-based computing structure and disperse with a network of servers across different countries."

Samsung is said to have been inspired to enter the sector following the success of its cross-platform ChatOn service.

Comments (3)

nigernanSee that's the problem with samsung they're spreading too much. They want to do everything but the quality of their products is consistently going down. 10 years ago I was buying everything from them but now I only trust lg for tech devices.July 2nd 2012 at 9:08am

Christopher SchusterWell they will have to make their product consumers dependent on it or else it will be a ghost town neighbouring Google+ . But it sounds promising at least.June 14th 2012 at 9:13am